Monday, May 13 | 10:00am

Little Naturalists

Introduce your three- to five-year-old to nature! Trained guides explore topics such as food chains, hibernation, how trees grow and more with 3 to 5 year olds and their accompanying adults. The program starts indoors for 20-30 minutes where the children engage with the guides through reading nature centered books and doing a hands-on activity related to the learning in the book.  This is followed with a short hike on one of the ICNA trails. Little Naturalists meet  on the second Mondays and fourth Thursdays of the month. Gatherings are held from 10:00 to 11:30 am. We prefer that people preregister for these programs. The link to register for the next Monday program is here. Siblings are also welcome to attend.

Little Naturalists follow the weather cancellation policies for Albemarle County Schools.  When the schools are closed or there is a late opening, the Little Naturalists will not meet on that day.

Saturday, May 18 | 9:00am

May Native Plant Walk

Join Mary Lee Epps on a plant walk at 9:00 am on May 18.  May is a time when it is hard to predict what will be blooming.  We will look for late spring flowers such as jack-in-the-pulpit, skullcap, putty root orchid, and the milkweeds.  This is usually a time for aniseroot and hairy jointed meadow parsnip to bloom, but given our warm spring and dry April, these may have finished flowering.  On the other hand, we might find early summer flowers already starting to brighten the landscape.  Maybe we’ll even find goat’s rue in flower.  Co-sponsors:  Jefferson Chapter, VNPS, and Ivy Creek Natural Area.  Meet at 9:00 am by the kiosk near the parking lot. Free and open to the public.

Saturday, May 18 | 10:00am

Little Naturalists - Saturday

Introduce your three- to five-year-old to nature! Trained guides explore topics such as food chains, hibernation, how trees grow and more with three- to five-year-olds and their accompanying adults. The program starts indoors for 20-30 minutes where the children engage with the guides through reading nature centered books and doing a hands-on activity related to the learning in the book. This is followed with a short hike on one of the ICNA trails. Little Naturalists meet  on the second Mondays, fourth Thursdays, and third Saturdays of every month. Gatherings are held from 10:00 to 11:30 am. We prefer that people preregister for these programs. The link to register for the next third Saturday is here.  Siblings are also welcome to attend.